Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] target-arm: "any" CPUs for system-mode

[Peter Maydell]

On 6 July 2015 at 23:42, Peter Crosthwaite <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Peter Maydell <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 6 July 2015 at 19:53,  <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> From: Meador Inge <address@hidden>
>>>
>>> This patch series opens up the "any" CPU for system-mode and
>>> adds a new "any" variant named "anyvfp" that initializes the
>>> FP coprocessors as well.
>>
>> We deliberately removed cpu "any" for system mode in
>> commit f5f6d38b7458b8a back in 2013; I think the rationale
>> for its removal still holds. If you're emulating a system
>> you're emulating a specific system and you get a real
>> CPU. A CPU with no impdef sysregs or initialized feature
>> and ID registers is broken...
>
> You can still have a CPU+RAM only machine model, load elfs and get
> meaningful result on a debugger.

Yeah, but what does "any" get you over just going ahead
and specifying your CPU type? What interrupt controller
should the "any" CPU type have? Generic timers? Etc.

There isn't zero utility there, but I don't really think
there's enough to justify cluttering up QEMU with when
"-cpu cortex-a15" is not very much more to type, and
has the advantage of being something that actually
exists in reality.

-- PMM